Re: [PATCHES] extension for sql update

Am Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2006 22:58 schrieb Tom Lane:
> The reason people want this syntax is that they expect to be
> able to write, say,
>
> UPDATE mytab SET (foo, bar, baz) =
> (SELECT alpha, beta, gamma FROM othertab WHERE key = mytab.key);

I don't find any derivation in the standard that would permit this. The only
thing I could find are variations on

SET (a) = x -- no parentheses
SET (a, b) = (x, y)
SET (a, b) = ROW (x, y)

where x and y are some sort of value expression. I would have expected the
sort of thing that you describe, but if you know how to derive that, I'd like
to see it.

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Peter Eisentraut
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